Catamenial sack.



B. GLASER.

CATAMENiAL SACK.

APPLICATION mu) ocr. a0, 1914.

l, 182,007. Pa tGnted May 9, 1916.

BERTHE GLASER, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CATAMENIAL SACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed October 30, 1914 Serial No. 869,462,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTHE Gmsnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCatamenial Sacks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in catamenial sacks and has forits object to provide a simple, eflicient, yet sanitary napkin for theuse of ladies during the menstrual period.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sanitary napkin andbelt, for attaching the same to the body, all in one piece.

Another object of the invention is to provide a napkin having meanswhereby it may be held folded.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a napkin which maybe easily adjusted to persons of different sizes.

\Vith the above and other objects in view I have invented the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of my invention shown opened, Fig. 2 is asimilar view shown folded, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device,and Fig. 4 is a section taken on line AA, Fig. 2.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout thespecification and in the several views in the drawings in which 1indicates a napkin, made preferably of ordinary bath toweli-ng havingits four corners cut away, making the napkin octago nal in shape. To theunderside 2 of the napkin and lengthwise. across its center or bodyportion 8 are fixed the two ends 3 and 4 of a band 5 made preferably ofcanton flannel; any other desirable material, however, will answer thepurpose. The flaps 6 and 7 formed by the opposing sides of the napkinare adapted to be folded over one another and upon said portion 8, underthe band 5 which forms a loop slide to receive and hold said flaps inplace when the device is to be used.

To one end of the device is secured a loop 9 the ends of which aresecured to the corners 10 and 11 of said body portion. The tapes 14 and15 attached to the opposing corners'12 and 13 of said body are adaptedto cross one another through the slidable loop 16, which may be readilymoved over said tapes in order that portions of said tapes H and 15 maybe relatively regulated to the waist line of the person to whom thearticle is to be fldJllStGd If the person is corpulent or has a lar eabdomen the portion of the napkin wliic l tapers inwardly of said slid-3whereupon this device will be held securely in place.

In cases where the flow is abnormal as at such period when it is at itsheight an additional substance 19 which may be either an ordinary napkinor a wad of absorbent cotton can be placed between the band 5 and thenapkin 1, then after the period when this is required is passed thedevice may be used without the, additional member making it morecompatible for this means I Having now described my invention, thatwhich I claim to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;

1. A catamenial sack consisting of an 00- tagonally shaped napkin havinga body portion and a flap portion to be folded upon said body portion, aloop formed on one end of said body portion, tapes secured to p theopposite end of said body portion and a slide through which said tapescross wherebysaid sack may be adjusted snugly to the body. a

2. A catamenial sack consisting of an octagonally shaped napkin having abody portion and a flap portion to be folded upon said body portion, aloop formed on one end of said body portion, tapes secured to theopposite end of said body portion and a slide through which said tapescross whereby said sack may be adjusted snugly to the body, and a bandhaving its ends fixed to the ends of said body portion for holding saidflaps folded. 3. A catamenial sack consisting of an octagonally shapednapkin having a body portion and a flap portion to be folded upon saidbody portion, a loop formed on one end 6f said body portion, tapessecured to the slide through whichsaid tape-s cross whereby said sackmay be adjusted snugly t0 the body, and a band having its ends fixed tothe ends of said body portion for holding said flaps folded, anadditional member adapted to be held between said band and body portion.

4. A catamenial sack consisting of a napkin having flaps adapted to befolded upon its body portion, means for holding said flaps in saidfolded position, said means consisting of a band fastened at its ends tosaid body portion, said band forming a loop and an additional memberadapted to be held to said napkin by said band, a loop formed on one endof saidvsaok, means for engaging said loop, said last means consistmg oftapes adapted to cross'one another,

and a sliding loop throngh which they In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature 20' FRANoEs MINSKY.

